Laundry-mangle feed-hopper.



F. OVERHOLT & A. G. GRANBOIS. IAUNURY MANGLE FEED HOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED ILINE`I, 1915.

1,226,24, Patented May l5, 1917.

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UNITED STAT@ PTEN T FRANK IVI. OVERHOLT AND ARTHUR Gr. GRANBOIS, GFMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,

ASSIG-NORS OF ONE-.HALF TO MINNESGTA, A CORPGRATION.

AT/IERICN LINEN CIVIPAN Y,

OF MINNEAPOLIS,

LAUNDRY-1VIANGLE FEED-HOPPER.

Application filed June 1, 1915.

To zZZ whom t may concern Be -it known that we, FRANK M. OvannoL'r andARTHUR G. (learners, citizens of the United States, residents ofMinneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of lviinnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful lmprovements in Laundry-Mangle lieed-Iloppers, ofwhich the following is a specication.

In the operation of a laundry mangle, it is customary to dump theclothes'as they come from the extractor into a hopper-*like receptaclein front of the mongie, where. they are picked out piece by piece andfed into the rolls. The hopper is usually filled to the top, or nearlyso, and as the clothes are removed it is evident that the inangleattendants must stoop or reach down a little farther until the bottom ofthe hopper is reached. This constant stooping has been found to betiresome and laborious and the Object of our invention is to providemeans for raising the bottom of the hopper so that, as fast as theclothes are fed into the machine, the pile can be raised to a pointwithin convenient reach of the attendants.

A further object 4is to provide a simple, inexpensive means for raisingthe hopper and its contents, which can be applied to any type of mangle.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure I is a side elevation of the forward portion of a laundry manglewith our invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the middle portion of the mangle andhopper being broken away.

In the drawing, 2 represents the frame of the mangle; 3 and t the feedbelts to which the pieces of Hat work, such as sheets, towels, and thelike, are delivered .for passage over the steam ironing and dryingrolls. 5 represents brackets projecting forwardly from the frame of themachine and 6 is a hopper, supported at 7 on, the frame of the machineand attached to a shaft 8 that is journaled in bearings in the outerends of the brackets 5. This hopper preferably consists of a strip ofcanvas-or other suitable Specification of Letters 'Eatent Patented May315, 1917. Serial No. 31,446.

flexible material, which will assume a sacklike form when unwound to itsfullest extent and hold a large quantity of the clothes to be ironed.(lne member of a ratchet clutch 9 is secured on one end of said shaft Sand the other member l0 is loosely mount-- ed thereon and normally heldout of engagement with the member 9 by a tension coil spring 1l. Asheave l2 mounted on the clutch member l0 and has a belt drive 13 with apulley 14.- on the shaft .l5 of one of the feed rollers. Normally thisbelt and the sheave l2 run idle. A lever i6 is mounted to engage theclutch member l0 and has an end portion 17 projecting outwardly where itcan be conveniently engaged by the attendant standing in front of thehopper for forcing the clutch member l() into engagement with the otherclutch member 9 to volve the shaft 8 and wind up the flexible hopperthereon to raise the clothes therein to a point where they can beconveniently reached by the attendant. Backward movement of the shaft isprevented by a ratchet wheel 1S and a dog 19. IVhen the clothes have allbeen removed from the hopper, the dog 19 may be disengaged from theteeth of the ratchet wheel and when a fresh supply of clothes isdeposited in the hopper, the weight of them will revolve the shaft 8 andunwind the hopper, allowing` it todrop down to the position indicated inFig. l, the ratchet clutch being, of course, disengaged automatically assoon the attendant releases the lever 1G. vided for the inner end of thelever 16.

We do not wish to be confined to the particular construction hereinshown and de scribed for operating or supporting the lever in the frontof the mangle, as in various ways these features may be modified andstill be within the scope of our invention.

IVe claim as our invention:

l. The combination, with a laundry mangle, of a liexible hopper mountedin front of the same and means for winding up one side of said hopper toraise the lower portion thereof and lift the clothes.

2. The combination, with a laundry mangle, of a hopper mounted to extendtransversely thereof and trough-shaped inform and adapted to containclothing piled loosely therein, and means within control of an attendantfor raising said hopper to A stop guide 2O is proelevate the clothestherein within convenient reaching distance as the pile in the hopperdiminishes.

3. The combination, with e laundry mengle, of a hopper composed offlexible meterial supported et one edge over the mengle frame, e shaftWhereon the other edge of the hopper is mounted, end means connectingseid shaft with u moving portion of the mengle for raising the hopperand the clothes therein to a. higher level.

4. The combination, with en ironing meehine, of a hopper composed or'flexible muterial supported et one end of the machine frame, zt ShaftWhereon the other edge of the hopper is mounted, e driving connectionbetween sind shaft and :L moving portion of the machine for raising thehopper und the clothes therein to e higher level, und a clutchinechunism'within Control of the attendent for rendering seid drivingconnection operative or inoperative.

5. The. combination, With e laundry man` gle, of e hopper composed offlexible me teriel and extending across the front of the mengle, a shaftmounted to Wind up one edge of said lieXible hopper thereon to elevatethe clothes in the hopper, and meehenism within control of an attendantfor revolving Suid shaft.

In Witness whereof, We have hereunto set our hands this 21st day of May,1915.

FRANK M. OVERHOLT. ARTHUR Gr. GRANBOIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingtheA Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C.

